Bitcoin

OTC-traded Bitcoin Shop, Inc. (BTCS) announced yesterday that it invested $1.5m into Spondoolies-Tech Ltd, an Israeli transaction verification server manufacturer. BTCS' investment in Spondoolies comes on the heels of April news that BTCS and Spondoolies intend merge, and the investment is the first step in the merger, according to the...

Quantoz, the Dutch technology firm behind bitcoin exchange HappyCoins, is launching a cloud-based liquidity pool, where pool-partners have access to a shared wallet. The liquidity pool is for business partners focusing on risk minimization rather than traders, according to Henri de Jong, Quantoz Head of Business Development. The target pool-partners...

Swiss-based Bitcoin and gold trading platform Vaultoro released its API last week. Joshua Scigala, co-founder if Vaultoro, blogged this about the API: Programmers all over the world are welcome build anything they like, for example, graphing apps for bitcoin / gold price, build wallets that convert a portion or...

Backed by the Crypto Private Investors Group, CoinCard, a crypto-based credit card will be launching in July 2015. Early adopters of cryptocurrencies will be able to pre-order a card and the first 1,000 applicants will be able to take advantage of a limited edition card where all transactions fees, with...

There was a good caliber of speakers on the first day of Inside Bitcoins conference in Hong Kong. The fact that the bitcoin price is hanging around $236, which is far from its peak north of $1000, unavoidably generates some somber views at these conferences. That was not the case...

Hong-Kong based firm Sam Sien Trading Ltd recently launched a startup called 12charge.com. This global online recharge service allows users from more than 110 countries to top up their mobile phones or buy airtime from over 450 providers and to pay utility bills, loans, TV, internet and other services in...

A blockchain solution for Greece started out as a educational white paper by Lee Gibson Grant, co-founder of Coinstructors. The question Lee Grant was trying to answer was could Greece launch its national currency backed by state owned assets? This secondary currency could benefit Greece by keeping assets under state...

Alternative cryptocurrency Hyper is rolling out a bunch of new developments. The team behind the gaming coin's development is taking over gaming coin GoldPieces, sponsoring a new crowdfunding platform called Picisi, forming an interesting partnership with a third gaming currency Coin2, and launching a global crypto gaming network. The developers...

Bitcoin friendly online marketplace PayIvy allows users to buy and sell digital content. Sellers can list items such as e-books, music, software, codes and online services for free with no further obligations, and no monthly fee, while enjoying 100% of the revenue. PayIvy also offers multiple payment options like PayPal,...

BitGold announced this week the public launch of its blockchain-based platform, a software service that connects free vault storage with payment networks, enabling a 'banking' like platform for gold. The BitGold platform has previously been operating in private beta, with invitees opening accounts, sending and spending gold by email or...

TSX Venture Exchange listed Vogogo Inc. will integrate its proprietary compliance, risk management and payment processing platform with leading bitcoin exchange Bitstamp. European-based Bitstamp is currently one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in the world. The Vogogo platform provides Bitstamp with risk management and payment processing services to support Bitstamp's...

Western Canada's BitNational has become the largest over-the-counter bitcoin brokerage and ATM network in Canada after acquiring Calgary-based Bitcoin Brains. As part of its avowed goal of building a national network that provides bitcoin services to Canadians, BitNational entered a 10-year, $2.1 million dollar agreement to acquire Bitcoin Brains Founded...

I recently had a chance to chat with Eric Lombrozo, the technologist who has been a pioneer in developing security solutions in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Introduced to Bitcoin in 2011, Lombrozo eventually became a member of the Bitcoin core development group and a contributor to the Ripple and Ethereum open...

The news that Goldman Sachs and China's IDG Capital Partners co-led a $50 million investment round pumped into bitcoin startup Circle Internet has sent cheers of jubilation reverberating through the cryptocurrency community. The investment values the Boston startup at $200 million and added to the $23 million it had raised...

MecklerMedia Corporation announced the initial list of speakers for its Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo, taking place at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on May 14-15, 2015. Inside Bitcoins Hong Kong, now in its second year, already features 33 confirmed local and international speakers including keynote speaker Roger...

Instant cryptocurrency asset exchange service ShapeShift.io has teamed up with Purse.io through an integration of the ShapeShift Shifty Button to allow users to purchase from Amazon.com with multiple digital currencies. Purse.io is a peer-to-peer marketplace that matches customers wishing to purchase bitcoin with bitcoin holders wanting to purchase items with...